Dean, School of Business, Hospitality and Public Services

Job Description

About the College of Southern Nevada

Founded in 1971 and situated in the greater Las Vegas metropolitan area, the College of Southern Nevada is the most ethnically diverse college in Nevada and the first to receive the HSI designation. We've prioritized providing an affordable, collaborative, and welcoming environment that allows all students to shine. CSN is a fully accredited institution offering hundreds of degrees and certificates in 70 academic programs. CSN proudly hosts students from all 50 states and over 60 countries with a student population that mirrors Clark County Nevada, one of the most diverse counties in the US. More than one-third of our students are first-generation, half are Pell Grant eligible, and nearly three-fourths are part-time.

The College of Southern Nevada, a Minority Serving Institution designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) provides associates and select bachelor's degrees. Consistent with CSN's mission, vision, and values we are passionate about fostering an environment where our highly diverse students achieve, succeed, and prosper.

Institutional Commitment to Diversity

The College of Southern Nevada recognizes that embracing diversity maximizes faculty and staff contribution to our goals and provides the best opportunity for student achievement. We seek faculty who demonstrate their commitment to our communities and value diverse perspectives. Faculty are intentional about providing culturally responsive instruction to promote creativity, innovation, growth, and academic excellence.

We strive to uphold our mission, to create, and preserve an environment that is dedicated to achieving educational access, equitable resources, inviolable dignity, and opportunity for all to participate, prosper, and reach their full potential.

We ensure that all our work and efforts are transformative and build a truly Students First institutional culture. We commit to the journey ahead, embrace difficult conversations, examine implicit biases, and remain steadfast in our continuous process of improvement. We do this by creating, uplifting, and centering all the voices and experiential knowledge of our students, employees, and campus communities.

CSN is committed to providing a place of work and learning free of discrimination based on race, color, national origin, disability, religion, age, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, and veteran status in the programs or activities which it operates.

Why Live and Work in Southern Nevada?

The region has an environment where professional satisfaction and career achievement are paired with optimal quality of life in a locale with abundant opportunities for work and leisure. Southern Nevada is an excellent base camp for outdoor recreation. Popular nearby hiking and rock-climbing spots include Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Red Rock Canyon, the National Conservation Area, Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, and Valley of Fire State Park.

Residents enjoy vibrant urban and suburban communities, within the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Henderson, world-class restaurants, and beautiful parks. The region features a reasonable cost of living, with affordable prices on everything from housing to utilities to groceries compared to most major cities across the nation. Thanks to its mild winters and ample sunshine, the area appeals to a variety of age groups, from retirees to early career professionals. There are plenty of family-friendly activities available to keep families busy. Las Vegas is also a haven for professional sports fans with the NHL Golden Knights (2023 Stanley Cup Winner), WNBA Las Vegas Aces (2022, 2023 and 2025 National Champions), NFL Raiders Football Team, Las Vegas Lights FC and the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Benefits of Working at CSN

• Grant-in-Aid: Tuition & fee assistance for employees and their families at NSHE institutions.
• Time Off: CSN provides a variety of time off options to help employees manage their work-life balance.
• Holidays: All CSN employees receive 12 paid holidays per year.
• Benefits: CSN offers attractive and customizable health insurance plans for employee and dependents.
• Retirement Plan: Participants contribute 19.25% with 100% employer match.
• On-site Early Childhood Education Center services available
• Learning & professional development opportunities.
• Active CSN Affinity Groups that focus on campus-wide diversity initiatives to create a welcoming campus climate.

For more information about the benefits offered at CSN, please click the link https://www.csn.edu/benefits

Dean, School of Business, Hospitality and Public Services

This position will be Open Until Filled. *For full consideration, all application related materials should be submitted by April 22, 2026.

The College of Southern Nevada (CSN) is seeking a visionary and dynamic leader to serve as the Dean of the CSN School of Business, Hospitality and Public Services. The Dean serves as the senior academic leader for the School, overseeing four academic departments: Accounting & Finance, Business Administration, Criminal Justice and Hospitality Management.

The Dean leads nearly 200 full-time and part-time faculty and staff across CSN's multi-campus environment and ensures academic excellence, workforce alignment, fiscal stewardship, student success outcomes, and compliance with CSN, NSHE, accreditation, and collective bargaining requirements. The Dean supports approximately 9,000 students who have declared majors and/or take classes in programs offered by this School each year. The School serves a diverse student population pursuing transfer degrees, applied workforce credentials, stackable certificates, industry certifications, and professional advancement.

The Dean provides strategic direction for the School, fostering an environment of innovation and excellence in teaching, research, and service. Responsibilities include budget management, faculty and staff oversight, community representation, and ensuring program relevance and quality. The Dean will also lead the development of the School's Academic Master Plan and work closely with faculty to promote continuous improvement and student success.

The Dean also provides executive leadership oversight for Russell's Restaurant, CSN's community-facing, student-operated restaurant that serves as a capstone experiential learning environment for culinary and hospitality students. This venue functions as both a teaching laboratory and a public engagement platform, requiring strong operational oversight, fiscal accountability, community relations leadership, and alignment with instructional objectives.

In addition, the Dean provides institutional leadership support and academic coordination for the Southern Nevada Regional Police Academy, which CSN supports as part of its public safety program. This includes collaboration with law enforcement agencies, oversight of CSN alignment, and ensuring high standards of training, compliance, and community partnership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide visionary leadership in curriculum development, program review, and strategic planning for accounting, business, hospitality and culinary, as well as criminal justice disciplines.
• Provide executive oversight of Russell's Restaurant as a community-facing instructional enterprise, ensuring operational excellence, fiscal responsibility, student learning integration, and positive public engagement.
• Support and coordinate institutional leadership responsibilities related to the Southern Nevada Regional Police Academy in partnership with regional law enforcement agencies.
• Ensure alignment of programs with workforce needs, regional economic priorities, and transfer articulation agreements.
• Ensure annual assessment of student learning outcomes and curricular review occurs at the course, program and institutional learning outcome levels.
• Strengthen partnerships with industry leaders, hospitality enterprises, chambers of commerce, economic development agencies, public sector organizations, and public safety agencies.
• Manage budgetary planning and fiscal operations, including state funds, self-support revenue (where applicable), grants, and philanthropic contributions.
• Support grant development, workforce training contracts, and industry-sponsored initiatives.
• Oversee School personnel recommendations to include but not limited to faculty hiring, evaluation, tenure review, professional development, grievance review, discipline, and collective bargaining compliance.
• Ensure high-quality delivery of in-person, hybrid, online, accelerated, and alternative instructional modalities.
• Lead development and execution of the School's Academic Master Plan in alignment with CSN's Strategic Plans.

This position requires a leader who understands the unique intersection of business innovation, hospitality and tourism economies, culinary excellence, public service professions, law enforcement training, workforce development, and transfer pathways within one of the nation's most dynamic metropolitan regions. The Dean reports to the CSN Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs (Chief Academic Officer) and serves as a member of the CSN Senior Academic Leadership Team.

Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree from a regionally accredited institution in any program field that is offered within the School of Business, Hospitality, and Public Services and/or consistent with the duties and responsibilities of the position, such as Higher Education Leadership, Educational Leadership, Business Administration, Public Administration or Policy.
• Six (6) years of full-time experience at a higher education institution to include at least two years of full-time teaching experience at the post-secondary education level in a discipline currently offered at CSN within the School of Business, Hospitality and Public Services.
• Three (3) years of experience in an academic leadership and/or supervisory role in higher education.

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate Degree from a regionally accredited institution.
• Experience working in a multi-site community college.
• Experience with the development, evaluation and expansion of programs and degrees that meet workforce and industry needs and/or lead to seamless transfer.
• Experience with the development, evaluation and expansion of distance education and/or alternative modes of instructional delivery.
• Experience with grant writing and management of grant funds.
• Experience promoting diversity, multiculturalism, equity, inclusion, belonging and internationalism in a community college environment in support of the college's mission, goals and strategies.
• Experience in student learning outcomes assessment and data-informed program review and assessment, including budget management.
• Experience successfully collaborating with stakeholders in creating a positive work and learning environment in support of the college's mission, goals and strategies.
• Experience with accreditation processes and requirements in the post-secondary environment.
• Experience working in a collective bargaining environment.

The ideal candidate should possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Proficiency in use of a personal computer and current software applications including but not limited to Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Expertise in curriculum development and revision, particularly in stackable credentials.
• Proficiency in assessing student learning outcomes and utilizing data for decision-making.
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Ability to engage effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• High emotional intelligence, ethical decision-making, and sound judgment.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain partnerships with local business and industry leaders.

Salary Information

Administrative Faculty E - The Starting Salary is $156,195.00

*This position is contingent upon ongoing and available funding.

Exempt Yes

Full-Time Equivalent 100.0%

Required Attachment(s)

To be considered for this position, please upload the following documents to your application:

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter
• Contact information for three professional references (Name, email and phone number)
• Unofficial Academic Transcripts (Applicants who have earned their degrees outside of the United States must have their educational transcripts evaluated by an approved evaluator if their college or university is not listed in the most recent edition of the Higher Education Directory, published by Higher Education Publications, Inc. If you have any questions regarding this, please reach out to the Human Resources, Talent Acquisition & Classification team).